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We had an apartment in the city 00:29
And me and Loretta liked living there 00:36
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown 00:43
A life of their own 00:49
And left us alone 00:52
John and Linda live in Omaha 00:57
And Joe is somewhere on the road 01:04
We lost Davy in the Korean War 01:12
And I still don't know what for 01:17
Don't matter anymore 01:20
You know that old trees just grow stronger 01:26
And old rivers grow wilder every day 01:32
Old people just grow lonesome 01:41
Waiting for someone to say 01:45
"Hello in there, hello" 01:50
01:55
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more 02:27
She sits and stares through the back door screen 02:34
And all the news just repeats itself 02:42
Like some forgotten dream 02:46
That we've both seen 02:51
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy 02:55
We worked together at the factory 03:02
But what could I say if he asks, "What's new?" 03:10
"Nothin', what's with you? 03:15
Nothin' much to do" 03:19
You know that old trees just grow stronger 03:24
And old rivers grow wilder every day 03:30
Old people just grow lonesome 03:39
Waiting for someone to say 03:43
"Hello in there, hello" 03:48
So if you're walkin' down the street sometime 03:56
And spot some hollow, ancient eyes 04:03
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare 04:10
As if you didn't care 04:16
Say, "Hello in there, hello" 04:19
04:25

Hello in There

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John Prine
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[English]

We had an apartment in the city

And me and Loretta liked living there

Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown

A life of their own

And left us alone

John and Linda live in Omaha

And Joe is somewhere on the road

We lost Davy in the Korean War

And I still don't know what for

Don't matter anymore

You know that old trees just grow stronger

And old rivers grow wilder every day

Old people just grow lonesome

Waiting for someone to say

"Hello in there, hello"

...

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more

She sits and stares through the back door screen

And all the news just repeats itself

Like some forgotten dream

That we've both seen

Someday I'll go and call up Rudy

We worked together at the factory

But what could I say if he asks, "What's new?"

"Nothin', what's with you?

Nothin' much to do"

You know that old trees just grow stronger

And old rivers grow wilder every day

Old people just grow lonesome

Waiting for someone to say

"Hello in there, hello"

So if you're walkin' down the street sometime

And spot some hollow, ancient eyes

Please don't just pass 'em by and stare

As if you didn't care

Say, "Hello in there, hello"

...

Vocabulario en esta canción:

Vocabulario Significados

apartment

/əˈpɑːrtmənt/

A2
  • noun
  • - apartamento

city

/ˈsɪti/

A1
  • noun
  • - ciudad

kids

/kɪdz/

A1
  • noun
  • - niños

grown

/ɡroʊn/

A1
  • verb
  • - crecido

life

/laɪf/

A1
  • noun
  • - vida

lost

/lɔːst/

A1
  • verb
  • - perdido

war

/wɔːr/

A2
  • noun
  • - guerra

trees

/triːz/

A1
  • noun
  • - árboles

rivers

/ˈrɪvərz/

A1
  • noun
  • - ríos

people

/ˈpiːpl/

A1
  • noun
  • - gente

lonesome

/ˈloʊnsəm/

B2
  • adjective
  • - solitario

door

/dɔːr/

A1
  • noun
  • - puerta

news

/nuːz/

A2
  • noun
  • - noticias

dream

/driːm/

A2
  • noun
  • - sueño

factory

/ˈfæktəri/

A2
  • noun
  • - fábrica

street

/striːt/

A1
  • noun
  • - calle

eyes

/aɪz/

A1
  • noun
  • - ojos

ancient

/ˈeɪnʃənt/

B2
  • adjective
  • - antiguo

Gramática:

  • Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown

    ➔ Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

    ➔ El pretérito pluscuamperfecto ('it'd been' - it had been) enfatiza que el crecimiento de los niños ocurrió *antes* del momento al que se refiere el narrador. Destaca la distancia en el tiempo. Lo usamos para mostrar que algo sucedió antes que otro evento en el pasado.

  • And I still don't know what for

    ➔ Pregunta indirecta / Elipsis

    ➔ Esta es una pregunta indirecta incrustada en una declaración. Es la forma corta de "I still don't know *what he died for*." La elipsis muestra la omisión de palabras redundantes. Esto hace que suene conversacional y natural.

  • You know that old trees just grow stronger

    ➔ Verdad general / Presente Simple

    ➔ El presente simple "grow" se usa para expresar una verdad general o un hecho universal sobre los árboles viejos. Esto imparte una sensación de atemporalidad y generalidad a la declaración.

  • Waiting for someone to say

    ➔ Participio Presente como Adjetivo

    "Waiting" actúa como un adjetivo que modifica a "old people", describiendo su estado. Muestra su acción continua y añade un tono melancólico.

  • Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more

    ➔ Repetición del pronombre sujeto (énfasis) y Adverbio de frecuencia

    ➔ La repetición del sujeto "Me and Loretta, we" es una forma un poco no estándar pero efectiva de enfatizar el sujeto. El adverbio de frecuencia "much" indica la cantidad reducida de conversación. "More" significa 'más'.

  • Like some forgotten dream That we've both seen

    ➔ Cláusula relativa con pronombre relativo reducido

    "That we've both seen" es una cláusula relativa que modifica "dream". El pronombre relativo (that/which) se puede omitir cuando es el objeto de la cláusula relativa.

  • But what could I say if he asks, "What's new?"

    ➔ Segundo Condicional (Hipotético)

    ➔ Esta oración usa el segundo condicional, una situación hipotética en el presente o futuro. La estructura es 'if + pasado simple, would/could/might + forma base del verbo'. Esto muestra incertidumbre y una baja probabilidad de que ocurra el evento.

  • As if you didn't care

    ➔ Cláusula 'As if' (expresando una situación irreal)

    ➔ La frase 'as if' introduce una cláusula que expresa algo contrario a la realidad. El tiempo pasado 'didn't care' implica que *sí* te importa, aunque la persona que te observa pueda pensar lo contrario. Enfatiza la desconexión entre la apariencia y la realidad.